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I have not been here in ages, but today seemed like a good day to come back. My favorite artifacts from my mom were here journals, in particular, “Articles of Importance – 2007”. I often open it to a random page, not unlike a Magic 8 Ball. Today this gem came up. Let’s face it… […]

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For the Love of October

This one popped out of yet another folder of clippings today. The article lists all the reasons why October is the best month of all. Happy October from Elaine. You can read the rest of the article here

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Men’s friendships

I always knew she was an amazing friend, and cherished all of her friendships both old and new. But I never realized how much time she spent thinking about these relationships. I love this one, underlines and all, about men and friendships. Not sure of the source but there was a date of August 2009 […]

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Tower of Babel

It is hard to believe, but not if you knew Elaine, that she would have this biblical clipping in the very same volume as expired make-up… but she did. The best part about this item is that the next page had three clippings titled: “Move your pills”, “Temporary fixes for dental problems” and “Brush and […]

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Makeup expiration guidelines

From the soon to be famous book “Important Articles 2007″. This gem of a volume has everything under the sun in it. I have a friend or two who will be horrified at this thought. Funny thing was she was always complaining she needed to clean out her makeup because everything was old. Germy? Yikes.

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A mother’s roots

Indeed! This sits in a frame next to pictures of my grandmother. I never noticed this until the day Elaine fell. We returned to her house and sitting with my brother in his old bedroom it caught my eye.

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